Arylation of aryllithiums with S-arylphenothiazinium ions for biaryl synthesis

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Nov 12;56(90):13995-13998. doi: 10.1039/d0cc05830k.

Abstract

Aryllithiums are one of the most common and important aryl nucleophiles; nevertheless, methods for arylation of aryllithums to produce biaryls have been limited. Herein, we report arylation of aryllithiums with S-arylphenothiazinium ions through selective ligand coupling of intermediary sulfuranes. Various unsymmetrical biaryls could be obtained without transition-metal catalysis.